Hidden Tarantula Treasure: Your biggest score!

[vbrooke]

I ordered a few slings for my B-day. I got a freebie and a Birthday present. I got a Chaco golden knee for a freebie, and an H. gigas as a present. Best Deal EVER!! I love Birthdays!!

Vicki

 

[betuana]

I was pretty excited getting my 4" RCF G. Rosea (my first and only T so far that will change eventually... ) for the same cost as the other standard Rosies at the store - about $13. She has also been ventrally sexed as female, making it even better (still waiting for a molt to verify for sure! heh).

Not as much of a score as some of these stories, but I was quite excited about it! Not to mention that she's been a bit of a spitfire so far. So much fun!

 

[josh_r]

once upon a time, i was given a HUGE adult female brachy emilia for free. her name was beula.

probably about 10 years ago (rough estimate), i got a subadult avic. minatrix for $15 at a local pet store. it was a single spider in a tank full of avic avics. i specifically made the guy grab that one for me

i once bought a scolopendra gigantea (8 or so incher) for $50. they are a $250 animal nowadays if u can find them.

flipping out an adult A. behlei is one of the coolest experiences!

 

[johnharper]

7 1 inch smithi slings for $16 plus one free smithi sling from a member on here.


John

 

[Moltar]

I once bought 4 t's from another member here on the boards. As a freebie he threw in what he'd been told was an A seemani approx 2". He's never even seen it poke it's head out of the burrow which i thought was a little odd for an aphonopelma. Also, it had webbed/dug it's cup to the point where I could tell it was obviously an obligate burrower. When I finally coaxed (dug) it out it turned out to be a 4" haplopelma of some sort. I've never been able to ID the species but it has turned out to be male.

 

[Arachnobrian]

Any of the tiny slings I raised, and found to be female.

Very old female G. rosea which was just given to me.

Any sling freebie added with spider purchase.

 

[Scorpendra]

bought a 3" unsexed P. antonous, got a 5" female.

 

[natakamani]

Friend of mine (lucky dog!) got a free 3" (body length) female H. Lividium from Petco, because employees who thought they were cool enough to reach in and play with it kept getting bitten.

 

[CoffinSpirit]

I just got a verrrry tiny L. parahybana today at the trade center. The guy who runs a reptile shop there knows me (I bought my snake and other T from him) and today he just put it on the counter and goes, "Happy birthday."

I almost cried I was so happy

 

[Kid Dragon]

I met some really amazing people on arachnoboards that I love dearly.

I bought a 4" female B. smithi for $19.95 at a local pet shop that is no longer in business.

I bought a 1" G. pulchra sling for $15 at a reptile show in Tampa, she is currently 6 inches, fat, and getting ready to molt again.

I bought an adult male A. versicolor for $50 to mate with my female, and I'm now on the F2 generation.

 

[NevularScorpion]

i got 10 L para as freebie every time i buy to my favorite dealers

 

[OldHag]

I ordered a marshalli (baboon) and got what I thought was an OBT.. instead of selling it I kept it around because it was so mellow. As it grew I could tell it wasnt even an OBT Come to find out its an Augacephalus junodi and female to boot

 

[eternalblue02]

sexually confused A. versicolor

Over the winter I purchased a 4 inch male sub adult A. versi. When it arrived to my surprise it was sexed incorrectly by the seller. Turns out he is a she and the poor seller let her go for a measly $35 shipped.

She has since molted into a beautiful lady and I just picked up a fresh mature male. Just about ready to introduce them. (crossing my fingers for a healthy sac)

 

[Ace Conan]

Good stories, eager to hear more... i think there should be a prize for the best one...

 

[penny'smom]

Of the the 31 Ts I've had or currently have, I've only paid for 6, the others were all gifts.

A husband who realizes there are much worse addictions out there, so he tolerates a bedroom full of Ts.

My first T (smithi female) who was the best compensation for a breakup I've ever had.

 

[Aurelia]

My first two Ts, an adult G. rosea and a G. aureostriata sling, were birthday presents.

 

[Scorpendra]

when i got my Cyriopagopus sp. "blue", i hand-picked her out of 5 1" s'lings. i got the only female out of all of them.

 

[B-fish]

Got a 1/2'' P.murinus for $3, it was an amazing deal considering the P.murinus is my favorite T. Same with an A. hentzi but it was 1/4''

 

[jesters22]

friend of mine gave me his 3" chaco

 

[wsimms]

I got a beautiful 5" B. sabulosum female from Petco for $49.
My biggest coup was my 6" female Nhandu vulpinus for $70.